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MAPPLETHORPE, ROBERT
(1946-1989)
Cuvée Dom Pérignon (Vintage 1968).
Ferrotyped silver print, 4
1
/
2
x3
1
/
2
inches
(11.4x8.9 cm.), cornered to the original bi-fold
boards, measuring 7x5 inches (17.8x12.7 cm.),
overall size 10x7 inches (25.4x17.8 cm.), with
Mapplethorpe’s handwritten New Year’s
greeting, “1975, Cheers! x Robert,” in ink; and
with the addressees’ names and address, and
Mapplethorpe’s name and address, in ink, as well
as a canceled stamp on the front panel. 1974
[3,000/4,500]
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MAPPLETHORPE, ROBERT (1946-1989)
Self-portrait with camera. Ferrotyped silver print, 2
7
/
8
x3
3
/
4
inches (7.4x9.5 cm.), original mount
measuring 10x8 inches (25.4x20.3 cm.), with Mapplethorpe’s embossed blind stamp on print recto;
and with a trimmed label that reads “DON’T TOUCH HERE, Handle Only On Edges, Polaroid
Polacolor Land Film Pack Type 108” on the top of the mount recto, below which are the
typewritten notations, “Special signed edition of twenty five, $25.00 each.” Circa 1975
[3,000/4,500]
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